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M.A (University of Hyderabad)

M.Phil. (IIT Bombay)

Ph.D. (IIM Calcutta)

Dr. Mufsin Puthan Purayil

Assistant Professor

Email mufsinp.purayil@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-5346-3813
Key Expertise Labour migration, immigrant entrepreneurship, voluntary sector and philanthropy, social networks

M.A (University of Hyderabad)

M.Phil. (IIT Bombay)

Ph.D. (IIM Calcutta)

Biography

Mufsin Puthan Purayil is an Assistant Professor at  Jindal Global Business School (JGBS), O.P. Jindal Global University, India. He holds a Ph.D. in the area of Public Policy & Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, India and an M.Phil degree in the area of Planning and Development from IIT Bombay, India. He completed his 5-year Integrated Master’s degree (First Rank and Gold Medal)  from the University of Hyderabad. Additionally, he has qualified for the UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and was a DAAD Ph.D. Exchange Fellow (2019-2020) at the Georg‐August‐Universität Göttingen, Germany. In 2022, he successfully completed a Research Fellowship at Ashoka University’s Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP). Mufsin's work has been published in various journals, including Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, Global Change, Peace & Security, Economic & Political Weekly, Sociological Bulletin, and Decision. His research interests include labour migration, social networks, philanthropy, immigrant entrepreneurship and public policy in contemporary India and the Persian Gulf.  

Philosophy of Business

Social Environment for Business

University Gold Medal, 2014

Junior Research Fellowship, 2013

Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Merit Award, 2014

Hyderabad University IMA Merit Scholarship, 2009-2014

Ashoka University CSIP Research Fellowship, Ashoka University, 2022

DAAD Exchange Fellowship, Universität Göttingen, Germany, 2019-2020

Mufsin Puthan Purayil : “AI Can Be a Gamechanger for Education in India”, The Diplomat, April 28, 2023, https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/ai-can-be-a-gamechanger-for-education-in-india/

Purayil, M. P., & Thakur, M. (2022). The Strength of Strong Ties: Wasta and Migration Strategies Among the Mappila Muslims of Northern Kerala, India. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-18. (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2022.2069090 (Q1; SCOPUS Listed)

Purayil, M. P., & Purayil, M. P. (2022). India has a Responsibility towards Myanmar Refugees in India, Economic & Political Weekly, 57(49), 1-17. https://www.epw.in/node/161328/pdf (Q2; SCOPUS Listed)

Purayil, M. P., & Thakur, M. (2021). The ‘Economic’ in Indian Sociology: Genealogies, Disjunctions and Agenda. Sociological Bulletin, 70(3), 314-330. (SAGE Publications) https://doi.org/10.1177/00380229211014667 (Q2; SCOPUS Listed)

Purayil, M. P., & Purayil, M. P. (2021). The Ladakh Crisis and India’s Ontological Security. Global Change, Peace & Security, 33(1), 85-91. (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2021.1823359 (Q2; SCOPUS Listed)

Chakrabarti, B., Purayil, M. P., & Thakur, M. (2021). Studying Bureaucracy in Post-Colonial India: The Normative and the Quotidian. Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, 70(1), 72-86. (SAGE Publications) https://doi.org/10.1177/2277436X211008302

Purayil, M. P., & Purayil, M. P. (2020). Return Migration amidst a Pandemic: Reflections on Kerala’s Gulf Migration. Journal of Migration Affairs, 3(1), 99-107. DOI: 10.36931/jma.2020.3.1.99-107

Mufsin Puthan Purayil (co-authored with Muhsin PP): “Sociocultural and Religious Factors Complicate India’s COVID-19 Response”, The Diplomat, March 25, 2020, https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/sociocultural-and-religious-factors-complicate-indias-covid-19-response/

Mufsin Puthan Purayil: “India’s COVID-19 Crisis: Time for a National Unity Government?”, The Geopolitics, April 21, 2020, https://thegeopolitics.com/indias-covid-19-crisis-time-for-a-national-unity-government/

Mufsin Puthan Purayil (co-authored Sayani M): “How a Tiny South Indian State is Using Transmedia Storytelling to Fight COVID-19”, The Diplomat, April 04, https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/how-a-tiny-south-indian-state-is-using-transmedia-storytelling-to-fight-covid-19/

Purayil, M. P. (2018). Review of “Mark Granovetter: Society and Economy: Framework and Principles.”, Decision, 45(1): 93–95. (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40622-018-0174-z

Mufsin Puthan Purayil (2018). “The Discourse of Skill in India: Furthering the Neoliberal Agenda?” (Conference proceedings - ISBN: 978-81-938497-0-5). International Conference on Public Policy Affairs “Exploring Policy Making”, Mount Carmel College & Impact and Policy Research institute.
Email mufsinp.purayil@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-5346-3813
Key Expertise Labour migration, immigrant entrepreneurship, voluntary sector and philanthropy, social networks
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